The Clifton clarion., 1887-10-19
KING OF THE COMSTOCK."
SharOn's Course When the Bank
 Of California Suspended.
New York Journal.1

New ork Journal
 In 1863 Senator Sharon was induced to take the agency and general supervi- sion of the Bank of California in Gold Hill and Virginia City, Nev. Here he formed the acquaintance of Mir. Ralston, at that time one of the brightest heads ill the mining districts. Mr. Sharon was considerable of a mining expert, and felt that the Virginia and Gold Hill mines were not as remunerative as they should be. He had examined every mine with the greatest care, and had become a min ing expert as well as a banker. He called to his aid, however, the best judg- ment of men of mining experience, and made most thorough survey of the mining properties in which he had be- come interested, and finally determined to drift for strange ledge. A drift was at once undertaken and prosecuted with prodigious vigor. That drift developed not only new deposit of ore, but it very soon exposed to view the "King of the Comstock."
 From that time Mir. Sharon became the recognized leader in enterprises of the greatest magnitude on the Comstock, and these were managed with such adroitness and skill that he was regarded as the financial chief of the Pacific Coast His name was added to the directory of the Bank. All went swimming on in the high tide of wealth and I osperity for nearly ten years. Then came day when gibes and sneers were hurled against the directors of the bank. Its depositors with bated breath and low toned voice and scarcely audible whis- per, told the sad tale of ruin, beggary, and misery unmeasurable. The great Bank of California had suspended. And Ralston, its President, had drawn the veil upon life that had lifted enterprise into exultation and reared monuments of grandeur on either side of his pathway.
 The citi7"ns of San Francisco have not forgoVe--i tnat dreadful day. The streets around the bank were packed with men and women, and yet not one word Of censure was exples..~l. so pronounced was tssc affection for Ralst and the es- teem in which the directory W: 6 held. Soon the small door was opene
 Senator Sharon stepped through it ur the sidewalk, and for few moments cast a steady look upon the mass of human faces turned upon him. His face, habit ually mobile and imperturbable, ex- pressed for a moment that touch of sym pathy that can never be told in words The multitude seemed to understand 1t, and raising his hat with more the pur- pose of admitting the cool air to his throbbing brain than in salutition, he turned with step and manner full of resolution and walked away.
 A meeting of the directors was called for that evening, and in vigorous speech Mir. Sharon advocated that all should put their hands into their pockets and make up any deficiency in the banks capital. Senator Sharon headed the list, and in few days the bank was enabled to resume. Thus was the bank put upon its feet, and to Senator Sharon was justly ascribed the success of the vent ure. Several years later Mr. Sharon was elected United States Senator from Nevada. He Is quiet and unpretentious in his demeanor, and few would recog- nize in him the owner of the "King of the Comstock and other millions of property.